They song they were listening to was “Take Your Time” by Sam Hunt
As Regina closed her eyes, she wondered why her heart couldn’t have chosen Jason over Owen when Jason expressed his intent way before Owen even acknowledged how he felt. Jason had that easygoing manner that made everyone around him comfortable. He opened the doors, pulled out her chair at the restaurant, gave her flowers, and made her laugh. He was the ideal man for any woman. Jason also had the qualities she looked for in a man. He had a thriving business. He was responsible, and even though she knew nothing about his family, he seemed like he came from a happy household. So Regina questioned why was she so hell-bent on being with Owen. Regina looked over at Jason while he drove and thought maybe it was time to give him a chance. If Owen did not want her, then why should she deny herself some happiness? Especially when it was presenting itself right in front of her in the form of a handsome man. People always said things happened for a reason, which made her think maybe she was
Myles has been searching for the whereabouts of his brother for a week now, and it has provided him with zero leads. When he tracked the activities on Owen’s phone, it showed he was at Regina’s place the last time, which meant he had come to see her. But since Regina did not look like her usual happy-go-lucky self, it only meant that they did not reach an agreement. Myles shook his head at his brother’s stupidity. Owen was letting a woman who loved him dearly slip away, but it was not Myles’ job to nag his brother regarding his love life. Myles figured he could figure things out for himself, and if he didn’t, then he did not deserve to be with Regina. Despite Owen’s desire to be alone and not communicate with the family, Myles still set out an alert when Owen’s phone got activated, so he would know where his brother was. That Saturday evening, Myles was on his way out when he received a ping on his phone saying Owen’s phone had turned on and that he stopped at Regina’s condo. Myl
Every other Wednesday, Marius had to be at the hospital to make rounds so he could tend to the patients who needed physical therapy. This usually got him exhausted because of the amount of patients he had to see and the twelve hours he needed to be there. Marius was on his lunch break and was taking the list of patients he needed to see after his break when he heard nurses at the station gossiping. “Hey, did you see that patient in room three?” A nurse with long blonde hair asked a nurse with purple curly hair. They were interns who arrived around the same time he got assigned to be with Mrs. Bennet, so he never remembered their names as their shifts were never at the same time. “Which one? The John Doe with the awesome abs?” Marius was intrigued. He had not been in when they admitted the patient, but he heard that no family had come forward to claim him. “Yeah, that one.” Long hair replied with a satisfied smile. “It’s my turn to give him a sponge bath today, and I will make sure
While Raffy was contemplating on who to call first, his phone rang. “Sir, I checked the security cameras, and it showed that Miss Regina was dropped off by Mr. Jason last Saturday afternoon while I was doing my rounds.” “And then?” Raffy asked impatiently. “Then she was fishing out for her keys when someone honked and she went to see that person.” “Who is it, Jeffrey? Don’t keep me waiting.” “I don’t know, sir. The car was out of range from the camera. But it showed the license number as it left. And I believe it was Mr. Bennet that picked her up.” “Are you sure about that?” “No sir. I was doing my rounds when this happened, so I did not witness it personally.” “Fuck!” Raffy swore under his breath. “Thank you, Jeffrey. Owen is in the hospital. He did not pick her up.” Raffy heard Jeffrey gasp before he dropped the call and thought maybe he should not have informed the doorman about what happened. Raffy paged his brothers on their phones and sent their emergency signal so they
“Who changed the locks on the door? Even the keyless entry is different.” Richie was getting impatient as he called the lobby from his phone. “Jeffrey, we can’t get into our own place. What is happening here?” “I’ll be right up, sir.” “Try your birthday—” “Or mom’s—” “We did that—” The three brothers were arguing about the codes when Jeffrey arrived. “I’m sorry, sir. Mister Bennet asked that the locks be changed when he found something suspicious inside the house that did not belong to him or Miss Regina. His brother was here with the security people in an instant, installing these new things.” “Why were we not informed? This is still my place. Or did you forget that?” Richie glared at the old man. “Miss Regina said she did not want to alarm anybody because Mister Bennet was just overreacting.” “Overreacting? She’s missing Jeffrey, and Owen’s lying in the hospital. I don’t think he was overreacting.” Raffy yelled at the poor doorman. “How do we get in? Did she give you a spar
“Regina!” Owen woke up and discovered his hands had been tied to the bed. He looked around and found a confused Yvan standing by the side. He had never seen his brother with this angry expression before. “You twerp, get me out of here. Regina is in trouble.” “Owen, do you know where you are and what happened to you?” “Yes, I was leaving Regina’s place when that fucking Arthur ambushed me and beat me up. He was muttering something about keeping Regina safe.” “The doctor needs to see you, Owen. You have stitches on your head.” “Get these restraints off of me. I need to get out of here. Are you going to help me or not?” “Of course,” Yvan answers as he unhooked the belt around his brother’s arms. “Sir, you can’t remove that. The patient is violent.” “He will be more violent if we do not let him go. Don’t worry. Just call the doctor and tell him my brother is awake and wants to be discharged.” “Did you bring me a change of clothes, at least?” Owen glared at his youngest brother. He
“We couldn’t find any pictures of the best friend, Jacob Shipman, on any surveillance cameras, on and off the streets, because he altered his face to look like Arthur so he could use his identity.”“He did what?” Myles asked before Owen could say another word.“Her brothers are here,” Clara reported. “Save the story so you can tell everybody at the same time.”“Yeah. I still have to put everything together,“ Jeremy answered, oblivious to the people buzzing around him, amazed at his talent. “We found you, motherfucker!” He yelled at the screen. He was passionate about his work. And finding the bad guys always gave him the satisfaction that he could locate them when no one else could.“Okay folks, settle down.” Clara gestured as Regina’s brothers arrived. “We’re moving to the meeting room to accommodate everyone. Jere, we’ll wait for you there.”“I’m sending the files now,” Jeremy answered.“What you see on the screen is a picture of Jacob Shipman, 29, Arthur Johnson’s best friend and l
“We don’t know, son. We have to investigate the evidence and see if they tell us anything. But for now, our guess is as good as yours. They could be anywhere.”Raffy massaged his head, thinking about what else they could do.“I asked the team to search more about Jacob, check his credit cards, and see if he has another apartment or anywhere he could go with Regina.”“Jacob? Who is this Jacob? Johnson, are you keeping information from me again?” The chief looked at Jeremy and knew he had information he was not sharing with the police.Jeremy shared barbs with the chief about past information as the other men looked at each other and gauged what they should do.“Where else can we go? Jeremy is our best chance at finding Regina. But we have no clues to follow right now.”“How about we check Regina’s condo and see if we missed something? The angles on the pictures came from the living room, the bedroom, and the pool.”“Yes, let’s do that. Our wives will meet us there and bring us food.” R